John Besio

Responsible for leading People & Talent initiatives across the VelaFi Group, supporting operations throughout the United States, Latin America, and Asia. Key areas of focus include global talent acquisition, HR business partnership, workforce planning, organizational design, compensation strategy, leadership development, HR technology implementation, and people operations. Partner closely with executive leadership to build scalable people programs, support international growth, and align talent strategy with business objectives across multiple entities and jurisdictions. Collaborate with regional leaders to strengthen culture, develop policies and processes, optimize organizational effectiveness, and support the company’s continued expansion in global markets.

Senior Corporate Recruiter | Talent Advisor As a Corporate Recruiter at Global Payments—a Fortune 500 fintech leader operating in over 100 countries—I bring a high-performance, business-aligned approach to recruiting. I specialize in full-cycle recruitment for IT, sales, finance, and corporate roles across the U.S. and Latin America. -Hired 300+ professionals across GTM, IT, Finance, Accounting, Operations, and corporate functions -Led Director- and VP-level searches in partnership with executive leadership -Achieved 100% of hiring KPIs for time-to-fill and requisition volume (2022 to current) -Supported post-acquisition change management following the EVO Payments acquisition -Sole bilingual internal recruiter in the U.S., driving cross-border hiring across LATAM -Reduced agency spend by $3M+ through strategic in-house hiring (2022 to date) -Built and launched a 14-person Chargebacks team (ICs + Managers) in under five weeks

• Ranked #1 out of 250+ teachers for converting demo lessons into paying customers from 2017 to 2020. Taught over 13,000 one on one classes over a 5-year period.

Created over 100 original videos for the students on the platform. Released 2 videos per week for over a year. Also created a few videos that were used for marketing purposes

• High volume global recruiting with HR Generalist Responsibilities. • Hired and trained 130 new employees over a three year period.Led full-cycle recruiting across GTM, Operations, Customer Support, and Leadership roles • Assisted with onboarding and orientation of new hires to expedite acclimatization process. • Developed and implemented plans to improve recruitment process. • Improved employee retention rates through thorough candidate screening and interview techniques • (87%+ retention rate after 1 year work anniversary). • Developed strong understanding of industries served, allowing for targeted recruiting efforts.

Laboratory ESL teacher- Focused on speaking and listening skills that lined up with international standards. Helped certify hundreds of students with the school’s partnership with Cambridge. • Taught English classes from 1st through 12th grade. • Created a syllabus from scratch for each level and several hundred original power points. • Focused on developing listening and speaking skills measured by international standards. • Partnered with each classroom teacher in order to create customized lessons based on unit topics. • Went from a program on the brink of being cut out of the budget before I arrived in 2014 to investing $100,000 to renovate the lab at the end of 2016.